#DDED99#DDED99

#DDED99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.108 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDED99
RGB	rgb(221, 237, 153)
HSL	hsl(71, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(71, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.89, -18.30, 38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.89, 43.06, 115.15°)
OKLab	oklab(91.5% -0.0498 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(91.5% 0.108 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.8528, 78.2409, 41.7636)
Luminance	0.7824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDED99 #A999ED

analogous

#EDD399 #DDED99 #B3ED99

triadic

#DDED99 #99DDED #ED99DD

tetradic

#DDED99 #99EDD3 #A999ED #ED99B3

square

#DDED99 #99EDD3 #A999ED #ED99B3

split-complementary

#DDED99 #99B3ED #D399ED

monochromatic

#BADB31 #CCE465 #DDED99 #EEF6CD #F6FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#DDED99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#DDED99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDED99

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDED99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDED99	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5E4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dded99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 237, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.108 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f2b8',
    500: '#dded99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dded99;
$custom-light: #e8f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dded99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91502,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDED99

secondary

#7561C9

accent

#14D238

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FDFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#161711

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDED99

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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